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Articles By Chris Burt

Chris Burt is managing editor and industry analyst at Biometric Update. He has also written nonfiction about information technology, dramatic arts, sports culture, and fantasy basketball, as well as fiction about a doomed astronaut. He lives in Toronto. You can follow him on Twitter @AFakeChrisBurt.

 

Biometrics testing requirement strengthened in beta of UK digital ID trust framework

A beta version of the UK Government’s Digital Identity and Attributes Trust Framework has been published, updating the guidance based…

 

Sudden CEO swap at Zwipe as new biometric payment card pilot unveiled

A new CEO and President has been appointed by Zwipe, Robert Puskaric, who replaces outgoing André Løvestam effective immediately. Puskaric…

 

ID4Africa in-person return sees new high for countries represented, delegate seniority

ID4Africa returns to its roots as an annual in-person event this week in Marrakesh, Morocco, with the ID4Africa 2022 Annual…

 

Biometric vending machine for grains wins WFP innovation award

A biometric vending machine to distribute grains directly to rations recipients has won an award from the WFP Innovation Accelerator…

 

Sri Lanka digital ID contract bids open soon: only Indian firms need apply

Sri Lanka is nearing the launch of a tender process for its biometrics-backed digital ID system, local tech publication ReadMe…

 

Tech5 to demonstrate MOSIP integration at ID4Africa 2022

Tech5 will demonstrate the integration of its biometric technology with the MOSIP open-source digital identity platform at the ID4Africa 2022…

 

Joint speech recognition solution from STM and Sensory to ease embedded voice control

STMicroelectronics and partner Sensory have announced a collaboration to enable developers to build voice-based user interfaces into smart embedded products…

 

Contactless fingerprint biometrics take another step towards mainstream adoption

Idemia and Telos have been named winners in the latest contactless fingerprint biometrics challenge from NIST, while Yoti has won…

 

Do not waste recent gains on digital ID, techUK report urges government

Progress finally made by the UK Government to establish a functional digital identity system to support the digital economy needs…

 

Call to ban Chinese biometric camera suppliers from UK gets a parliamentary audience

A UK parliamentary event was held Wednesday by Big Brother Watch on the official launch of a report into the…

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